Avec l’effondrement du vote néodémocrate dans les sondages, plusieurs conservateurs doutent que leur parti puisse remonter la pente. [Radio-Canada]

A number of prominent business leaders formally threw their support behind Pierre Poilievre in the upcoming federal election on Saturday. [Global]

Liberal Leader Mark Carney introduced the 'Canada Strong Pass' on Saturday, offering free access to national galleries, museums and VIA Rail for kids. [Global]

Claims of harassment, public disavowals by influencers, and fractured campaign management threaten to further derail the NDP’s performance with just weeks to go — all while insiders tell the story of a disorganized campaign failing to communicate with candidates. [The Rover]

... the Trump administration believes it has what game theorists call escalation dominance over China and any other economy with which it has a bilateral trade deficit. Escalation dominance, in the words of a report by the RAND Corporation, means that “a combatant has the ability to escalate a conflict in ways that will be disadvantageous or costly to the adversary while the adversary cannot do the same in return.” If the administration’s logic is correct, then China, Canada, and any other country that retaliates against U.S. tariffs is indeed playing a losing hand.

But this logic is wrong ... [Foreign Poiicy]

Overall Price Level & Distributional Effects: The price level from all 2025 tariffs rises by 2.9% in the short-run, the equivalent of an average per household consumer loss of $4,700 in 2024$. Annual pre-substitution losses for households at the bottom of the income distribution are $2,100. The post-substitution price increase settles at 1.7%, a $2,700 loss per household. [The Budget Lab at Yale]

A new list of goods to be excluded from the latest round of tariffs on U.S. importers was released, and it includes smartphones, PCs, servers and other technology goods, many of which are assembled in China. [Barron's]